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Farm Safety Week: one lungful of slurry gas has the capacity to kill
Grace Hoare
Both stacking bales and slurry gas are lethal on farms and individuals must take safety guidelines into consideration.
26 July 2024 News
Weekend weather: Highs of 22°C with some showers
Met Éireann has said that there will be a combination of sunny spells along with scattered showers in certain places over the weekend.
25 July 2024 News
Farm Safety Week: elderly and children make up 55% of farm fatalities
Farmers must take particular care with older people and children on farms as they collectively account for 55% of farm fatalities.
Kerry firm bringing a fresh edge to hedge cutting
Recently established Kerry-based RT Sales Ltd is just Ireland’s second manufacturer of hedge cutters, and the new kid on the block is quickly making big inroads. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
24 July 2024 Farm machinery
Two-millionth tractor rolls out of New Holland’s Basildon plant
Last Thursday, New Holland celebrated the production of the two-millionth tractor built at its Basildon plant in England, coinciding with the plant's 60th anniversary.
24 July 2024 News
Almost three decades of Bomford for Wicklow contractor
Hedge-cutting almost 30 years and now on his seventh new Bomford hedge cutter, Gary Abbott finds out why Bomfords Variable Forward Arm has been a game changer for Wicklow contractor Richard Woodroofe.
24 July 2024 Farm machinery
Hedge-cutting season fast-approaching
While the burning of agricultural green waste has been banned indefinitely, hedge-cutting season still opens as usual on the 1 September and runs until the 28 February.
24 July 2024 News
A 2008 Valtra T171 sells for €25,000 at Carlow auction
A 2008 Valtra T171 was the highest-priced lot at last week’s machinery auction in Carlow, selling for €25,000.
24 July 2024 News
Leinster Farm Machines organises coast-to-coast cycle
On Saturday, 17 August, a group will set out from the Galway Coastline to complete a 220km cycle to reach Drogheda Coastline.
24 July 2024 News
Paudy Buckley Tractors to host Valtra demo day
Paudy Buckley Tractors will be hosting a Valtra demo day at Artitigue, Ballinspittle, Co Cork (P72 YY60), on Tuesday, 6 August.
24 July 2024 News
McConnel introduces two new Power Arm ranges
Well-known British hedge cutter manufacturer McConnel has introduced a new 72-Series and a new heavier-duty 77-Series.
24 July 2024 News
Major ‘blender style’ head cutting running costs by 50% for contractor
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Roscommon contractor John Murray, who swapped out two flail heads for two Major rotary heads on his Bomford hedge cutters.
24 July 2024 Farm machinery